“It always starts with sketches putting down all the ideas that are in mind and making it into a harmonious-looking composition,” Karnik reflects. “After approvals from the client, I make the final clean drawing adding colors if needed, then proceed to create the illustration with paper.”

Karnik also stresses that none of her drawings are made digitally. “Everything is hand done without the use of computer software.”

Based in Mumbai, India, Karnik specializes in paper typography, with her paper alphabet creating quite a splash online. Combining a love for paper and typography, her handcrafted lettering is very delicate and ideally displayed in a shadow box.

“I decided to start my typography series and thought of making individual letters with paper,” she recalled in an interview with Verve Magazine. “A, B, C, D… going right up to Z. By then, I had my own website and started posting images of what I had created. Even before I had got halfway through the alphabet, I was offered my first project with Tanishq.”

According to Karnik, paper is the most versatile and creative medium. “Whatever I do, even if it’s the smallest thing like cutting a vegetable or a fruit, I want it to be perfect,” she explains, “it has to be done precisely, in a pattern. And you will see that attention to detail in my work as well.”

Scroll down to see some highlights from her feed:

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Using traditional quilling techniques (but with an added twist), they’re known for their paper flowers which translate their natural surroundings into paper form. But incredibly enough, the two have zero training when it comes to paper art, with their backgrounds in architecture and interior design.

“I’ve only been creating paper art since 2016,” relayed Judith in an interview with Pendulum Magazine, “and still don’t feel entirely comfortable referring to myself as an ‘artist’. Rolfe doesn’t paper-craft, he’s my behind-the-scenes guy, helping out with backstage stuff.”

Aside from their floral pieces, other themes in their work include architecture, geometry, and typography. “My preferred process is to make unmounted pieces, meaning the paper strips are glued to each other but not glued down to a substrate,” she explains, sharing the creative process.

According to Judith, the most challenging part of the process is gluing the freestanding paper elements down to the background material, especially for the geometric work where everything needs to be precise and aligned. “My favourite part of working with paper is when I get into the flow state and am fully immersed in the work,” she notes, adding that the repetitive nature of cutting, shaping, and gluing paper becomes meditative and enjoyable.

Scroll down to see some of their collaborative work.

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According to Cheng, her chosen materials are of the utmost importance when it comes to delivering her message. “The process could mean that I take tiny, little pieces of paper, and I glue the bottom, and stick them on to each other, and I cut around it or vice versa,” she relayed in an interview with Arctic Paper. Piece-by-piece, the artwork grows until a pattern is discerned. Through it, her history and tradition is kept alive.

“I’m afraid that I will disconnect with my culture one day, and I don’t want to,” she admitted. “One of the aspects to preventing that is to keep making the artwork that I do.” Cheng further explained that her significant concern is about correlating and weaving narratives from her native experiences whilst mapping the esoteric and social relationships of her origins and her newfound home, environment, and social surroundings—a lot of weight to carry on one small piece of paper.

According to Cheng, her love of paperart is tied to her grandmother’s practice, using an ancient Chinese art form where you stack and fold paper made of bamboo, and then burn it as a sacrifice to ancestors and gods. “My grandmother would fold and fold, and then she would cut it and a little Chinese character appeared,” she recalls. “It’s a lost art, since no one figured out how she did it. I do regret that I don’t know how to create them, but I’m very glad that I got that experience from my grandmother.”

The post This Paper Artist Pays Homage to Her Chinese Background appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

But you can also enjoy Hurkens’ collection without taking part in it. Based in Maastricht – the southernmost corner of the Netherlands – she shares her passion for all things paper through her buzzing Instagram page. Her posts include tips on hand sewing paper, collage journaling snippets and – the cherry on the cake – her incredible wax seals, all handmade with special care and attention to details.

According to Hurkens, her love for crafting began early on, when she was just a child and fascinated by the desk of her father – a retired architect. “I couldn’t get enough of the pens you had to refill with ink, the enormous rulers and drawings with all these lines on it,” she shared with Surely Simple. “It felt like a trip to wonderland when I went to my father’s office and I could take a glimpse at his desk. Now that I have my own desk, which is not nearly as neat as my father’s was, but I spend a lot of time here trying to send some of my creativity and love for paper into the world.”

Her large collection of stationery now includes rubber stamps, washi tape, paper and vintage paper, pens, wax seal, stickers, envelopes, and notebooks, among many other treasures. “Some of my favorite things to do is decorating envelopes, making flipbooks and collages and write letters,” says Hurkens. “I seriously get happy by unpacking mail and discover a little bit of the world from the person behind it and the generosity is amazing amongst this community on Instagram!”

You’d want to join the community.

The post Rekindle Your Love of Journaling with the Help of Menw Hurkens appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Working within this cultural framework, Shibata uses the traditional method of Japanese paper cutting to bring attention to the delicate relationship we as humans have with the environment. “In the religion of Shinto, white paper is considered as a sacred material,” she writes.

But it took Shibata some time and experimentation with different materials to find her creative voice. “Because my mother is a quilt and patchwork maker, I started to play with needles, string and left over fabrics in her atelier shop and at home when I was a child,” she recalled in an interview with ModeArte. “That is the foundation of my art.”

As a teenager, she got into music, and sang and wrote songs. She switched gears after moving to New York. That was also when she started to make art pieces by paper while taking a stained glass workshop. “I enrolled in the Printmaking and Sculpture, Mixed media department for four years in the National Academy School in New York under Maurizio Pellegrin and Kathy Caraccio,” she notes. “During that time in NY, I had several group shows and two solo shows in soho,NY and Omote-sando, Tokyo. In 2015, I moved to Paris.”

Nowadays her work is showcased around the world both in group and solo exhibitions. But you can also peek into her paper cities by following her on Instagram.

The post Paper, Glass, Light: The Magnificant Creations of Ayumi Shibata appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Each and every one of her creations is handmade, using 50 to 60 layers of paper and delicate details such as petals and stems are then cut out using scissors.

Known for her “paper couture,” Eriksen-Scott Hansen’s work has attracted brands like Levi Strauss and Georg Jensen. In addition to her industrial, she also makes spectacular hand-cut accessories that have been adorned by celebrities like Björk and Steven Tyler.

Take a look at some of her eye-catching creations in the gallery below.

The post Take a Closer Look: These Flowers Were Handmade Using Paper appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

“It always starts with sketches putting down all the ideas that are in mind and making it into a harmonious-looking composition,” Karnik reflects. “After approvals from the client, I make the final clean drawing adding colors if needed, then proceed to create the illustration with paper.”

Karnik also stresses that none of her drawings are made digitally. “Everything is hand done without the use of computer software.”

Based in Mumbai, India, Karnik specializes in paper typography, with her paper alphabet creating quite a splash online. Combining a love for paper and typography, her handcrafted lettering is very delicate and ideally displayed in a shadow box.

“I decided to start my typography series and thought of making individual letters with paper,” she recalled in an interview with Verve Magazine. “A, B, C, D… going right up to Z. By then, I had my own website and started posting images of what I had created. Even before I had got halfway through the alphabet, I was offered my first project with Tanishq.”

According to Karnik, paper is the most versatile and creative medium. “Whatever I do, even if it’s the smallest thing like cutting a vegetable or a fruit, I want it to be perfect,” she explains, “it has to be done precisely, in a pattern. And you will see that attention to detail in my work as well.”

Scroll down to see some highlights from her feed:

The post Sabeena Karnik Turns Paper Into Magic appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Using traditional quilling techniques (but with an added twist), they’re known for their paper flowers which translate their natural surroundings into paper form. But incredibly enough, the two have zero training when it comes to paper art, with their backgrounds in architecture and interior design.

“I’ve only been creating paper art since 2016,” relayed Judith in an interview with Pendulum Magazine, “and still don’t feel entirely comfortable referring to myself as an ‘artist’. Rolfe doesn’t paper-craft, he’s my behind-the-scenes guy, helping out with backstage stuff.”

Aside from their floral pieces, other themes in their work include architecture, geometry, and typography. “My preferred process is to make unmounted pieces, meaning the paper strips are glued to each other but not glued down to a substrate,” she explains, sharing the creative process.

According to Judith, the most challenging part of the process is gluing the freestanding paper elements down to the background material, especially for the geometric work where everything needs to be precise and aligned. “My favourite part of working with paper is when I get into the flow state and am fully immersed in the work,” she notes, adding that the repetitive nature of cutting, shaping, and gluing paper becomes meditative and enjoyable.

Scroll down to see some of their collaborative work.

The post Add Some Paper Flowers to Your Feed Courtesy of JUDiTH+ROLFE appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

According to Cheng, her chosen materials are of the utmost importance when it comes to delivering her message. “The process could mean that I take tiny, little pieces of paper, and I glue the bottom, and stick them on to each other, and I cut around it or vice versa,” she relayed in an interview with Arctic Paper. Piece-by-piece, the artwork grows until a pattern is discerned. Through it, her history and tradition is kept alive.

“I’m afraid that I will disconnect with my culture one day, and I don’t want to,” she admitted. “One of the aspects to preventing that is to keep making the artwork that I do.” Cheng further explained that her significant concern is about correlating and weaving narratives from her native experiences whilst mapping the esoteric and social relationships of her origins and her newfound home, environment, and social surroundings—a lot of weight to carry on one small piece of paper.

According to Cheng, her love of paperart is tied to her grandmother’s practice, using an ancient Chinese art form where you stack and fold paper made of bamboo, and then burn it as a sacrifice to ancestors and gods. “My grandmother would fold and fold, and then she would cut it and a little Chinese character appeared,” she recalls. “It’s a lost art, since no one figured out how she did it. I do regret that I don’t know how to create them, but I’m very glad that I got that experience from my grandmother.”

The post This Paper Artist Pays Homage to Her Chinese Background appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

But you can also enjoy Hurkens’ collection without taking part in it. Based in Maastricht – the southernmost corner of the Netherlands – she shares her passion for all things paper through her buzzing Instagram page. Her posts include tips on hand sewing paper, collage journaling snippets and – the cherry on the cake – her incredible wax seals, all handmade with special care and attention to details.

According to Hurkens, her love for crafting began early on, when she was just a child and fascinated by the desk of her father – a retired architect. “I couldn’t get enough of the pens you had to refill with ink, the enormous rulers and drawings with all these lines on it,” she shared with Surely Simple. “It felt like a trip to wonderland when I went to my father’s office and I could take a glimpse at his desk. Now that I have my own desk, which is not nearly as neat as my father’s was, but I spend a lot of time here trying to send some of my creativity and love for paper into the world.”

Her large collection of stationery now includes rubber stamps, washi tape, paper and vintage paper, pens, wax seal, stickers, envelopes, and notebooks, among many other treasures. “Some of my favorite things to do is decorating envelopes, making flipbooks and collages and write letters,” says Hurkens. “I seriously get happy by unpacking mail and discover a little bit of the world from the person behind it and the generosity is amazing amongst this community on Instagram!”

You’d want to join the community.

The post Rekindle Your Love of Journaling with the Help of Menw Hurkens appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Working within this cultural framework, Shibata uses the traditional method of Japanese paper cutting to bring attention to the delicate relationship we as humans have with the environment. “In the religion of Shinto, white paper is considered as a sacred material,” she writes.

But it took Shibata some time and experimentation with different materials to find her creative voice. “Because my mother is a quilt and patchwork maker, I started to play with needles, string and left over fabrics in her atelier shop and at home when I was a child,” she recalled in an interview with ModeArte. “That is the foundation of my art.”

As a teenager, she got into music, and sang and wrote songs. She switched gears after moving to New York. That was also when she started to make art pieces by paper while taking a stained glass workshop. “I enrolled in the Printmaking and Sculpture, Mixed media department for four years in the National Academy School in New York under Maurizio Pellegrin and Kathy Caraccio,” she notes. “During that time in NY, I had several group shows and two solo shows in soho,NY and Omote-sando, Tokyo. In 2015, I moved to Paris.”

Nowadays her work is showcased around the world both in group and solo exhibitions. But you can also peek into her paper cities by following her on Instagram.

The post Paper, Glass, Light: The Magnificant Creations of Ayumi Shibata appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.

Each and every one of her creations is handmade, using 50 to 60 layers of paper and delicate details such as petals and stems are then cut out using scissors.

Known for her “paper couture,” Eriksen-Scott Hansen’s work has attracted brands like Levi Strauss and Georg Jensen. In addition to her industrial, she also makes spectacular hand-cut accessories that have been adorned by celebrities like Björk and Steven Tyler.

Take a look at some of her eye-catching creations in the gallery below.

The post Take a Closer Look: These Flowers Were Handmade Using Paper appeared first on 5dwallpaper.com.